Word: swaps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Israel asked for an end to the economic boycott that Egypt, along with other Arab nations, has imposed since 1948. Egypt's reply was that it might ease the boycott on U.S. firms, among them Ford and Coca-Cola. 'That's some swap," grumbled one Israeli diplomat. "Israel self-destructs to save Coca-Cola...
Once one accepts this arbitrary and highly implausible premise, the play sails along on a tide of felicitous gags and domestic ups and downs reported at one remove. Doris and George swap spouse stories instead of spouses. Meanwhile, over a time span of a quarter of a century, the changes in attitudes, dress and behavior that occur in Doris and George constitute a kind of nostalgic calendar of the U.S. itself. Except that it is wittier, Same Time, Next Year is a redo of The Fourposter. It is the kind of theatrical fare that fiftyish middle-class marrieds have been...
Seawell is continuing his cost-cutting restructuring of Pan Am. The recently approved route swap with TWA, which eliminates costly head-to-head competition on international runs, is now being put into effect. Seawell is also discussing the possibility of a merger with Eastern Airlines, American Airlines or TWA (which is having its own problems: 1974 losses totaled $23.6 million). At week's end Pan Am asked the CAB for authority to suspend much of its service in the Caribbean, where in the mid-1930s its globe-girdling expansion first took wing...
...changing conditions, notably a fourfold rise in fuel prices and a deep slump in international air travel. Having failed in an attempt to wangle Government subsidies to keep them aloft, the two carriers last week unveiled the first move in their strategy for survival: a far-reaching, five-year swap of overseas routes that would drastically reduce head-on competition between the American giants and, they hope, allow them to fly planes somewhat more fully loaded (though each would still be competing with a swarm of foreign-flag carriers). If the agreement is approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board...
...freshman competition, rookies Bob DuBois and Bucknell Webb took third place for the Crimson. The rules of the regatta required that the crew and skipper swap roles midway in a match...